Movie of the Night (Streaming Availability API)
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streaming availability api
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Movie of the Night (Streaming Availability API)
API to query catalogs of 20 streaming services across 60 countries
movieofthenight.com#streaming availability#netflix catalog api#imdb ratings api#streaming search
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13 positive, 22 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 10 critical, out of 46 comments about the project. Thread score +0.05.
Execution: 1 for, 6 againstIdea: 5 for, 1 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
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What people liked
Useful for finding where to watch shows
From 2 comments
I already commented elsewhere, but just wanted to add that this is amazingly useful, especially via your 'Movie of the night' service. I've bookmarked it and foresee to use it…
tcmb on HNThis is great! This is exactly what I've been waiting for someone to do. Google has done this on their "Google TV" device for some time, you search for a show and it shows you…
ianbutler on HN
Good filtering and data comparison features
From 1 comment
awesome tool! fount some interesting data explore the Compare Streaming Services section [1] For example, Netflix and Prime Video are almost equal on total number of shows (~5.5k…
freewizard on HN
Objections
Results are wrong or outdated for some titles and countries
From 4 comments
I'm in Vietnam, the results are wrong. I put the movie "Twilight" (the vampire cheesy movie) and the results show me that there is no option, while it is on Netflix.…
shp0ngle on HNAlso 'Succession' is available in Germany on Apple TV+, the search says otherwise (not available at all in Germany).
tcmb on HNNeat idea. But, I am checking Snowfall TV show (https://www.movieofthenight.com/series/Snowfall/643) for Russia and site says it is not available to stream in Russia, but it is…
rusinov on HNI typed in Mad Men and it shows no streaming services for the United States but I know it's available on Prime Video at least.
gurchik on HN
Ad blocker breaks the site with a blank page
From 2 comments
My ublock origin adblocker is blocking ShareButton.js because of "Fanboy's Annoyance" filter list (a default one) and not loading ShareButton.js leads to a blank page.
ju-st on HNThx for explaining why I see a blank page, I have the same problem.
hutrdvnj on HN
Requests
Add audio and subtitle language filters
From 2 comments
Great website! One thing that is missing: Availability is not the only criteria people use. One example: Last month I wanted to watch Superhero Movie, but I was in Spain, where a…
capableweb on HNI would kill for language options on this. Having been studying Arabic while living in Northern Europe, none of the streaming services have Arabic dubbed shows. The only thing…
Readywater on HN
Add more streaming services such as Kanopy
From 2 comments
Would be nice if it supported Kanopy, it has an eclectic catalog for free if accessed with a library card.
mixmastamyk on HNHi people, I've been working on this API for sometime now. Thought I'd share it here too. This API allows you to query what's available on 20 streaming services (including…
Saepirist on HN
Questions
How the catalog data is collected and kept up to date
From 3 comments
How often is the api updated ? And how did you collect thé data ? Very impressive
MailleQuiMaille on HNThis seems like the hard part. Does it need accounts with all the services, use a VPN to appear to be in each country, use a fake/rotating User Agent, etc
ape4 on HNI'm curious how you keep the results up to date -- found a similar thing (without an API), and found lots of wrong results as services add and drop movies.
chris_st on HN
Whether the data is licensed for commercial use
From 1 comment
Looks great! How have you sourced the underlying metadata? From past experience, access to such metadata, especially IMDb, was rather heavily restricted, requiring a paid…
jacobwg on HN
Alternatives named
JustWatch
From 1 comment
Reminds me of https://www.justwatch.com/ which is a non-API version. Did they roll their own? Do they use your service?
e40 on HN
Reelgood
From 1 comment
https://reelgood.com/ is really good. (US-centric)
marban on HN
unogs
From 1 comment
Only works for Netflix but unogs.com let's you search by language and subtitle availability.
salamandersauce on HN
TV Time
From 1 comment
https://www.tvtime.com/ TV Time does this somewhat - track what you’ve watched and it’ll recommend other stuff for you. It also shows where to watch but needs some work on…
mason55 on HN